Tia Texada

Tia Texada

Tia Texada is an American actor best known for her role as Cruz on NBC's critically acclaimed series Third Watch, and her recurring role as an undercover agent Ribera on The Unit for CBS. Other roles include, In Plain Sight, Saving Grace, Chuck for NBC, HBO's Mind of the Married Man, Everybody Hates Chris, The Amazing Spiderman feature film, Batman and Beyond, Static Shock, Firebreather and Handy Manny. She was the voice of Maybelline New York for 15 years, the number one selling cosmetic brand in the world and during her campaign of "Maybe Shes Born With it..Maybe It's Maybelline ".... it was named Brand of the Year and Launch of the Year for Lash Sensational. She was first female live announcer for the Espy Awards where she worked alongside Justin Timberlake, Jamie Foxx, Lebron James and Samuel L. Jackson for seven years. She was the voice of the winning Golden Trailer award for RoboCop feature film. Tia was the voice for launching Superbowl 50 for The NFL Today on CBS, Flesh and Bone for Starz, Lindt Gold Bunny, Zales, Unstoppable Collection, JC Penney World Cup Soccer IS for Girls, World Series of Poker Lady Luck for Espn, and Skittles 'Taste the Rainbow'. Tia was born with severe Strabismus and after surgery to correct this and wearing an eye patch, she took an acting class to help with her shyness, this led to her career as an actor.

Personal life

Texada was born in Louisiana to a reflexologist mother and an insurance agent father. She has been acting since she was young.

Career

Texada's appearances include guest starring roles in episodes of In Plain Sight, Chuck ("Chuck Versus the Coup d'Etat"), Saving Grace, Everybody Hates Chris,[1] The Unit, and Criminal Minds. She played Sgt. Maritza Cruz in the NBC Drama Third Watch in the last three of its six seasons.

She also has appeared in movies such as From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), Paulie (1998), Nurse Betty (2000), Bait (2000), Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001), Glitter (2001), Phone Booth (2003), and Spartan (2004).

Texada also has a singing career, and her songs have been featured on shows such as Dawson's Creek. She also played at the Lilith Fair tour in 1998.

She played the voice of Isabel Vasquez in the TV movie Firebreather. Texada has lent her voice to the animated series, The Wild Thornberrys, and Static Shock as well as television commercials. She is currently the voice of Elena Validus on the animated show Ben 10: Ultimate Alien as Alyssa Diaz's voice double.

Texada has also done layouts for magazines and has been featured in the men's magazines FHM and Maxim.

She appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man, where she is (accidentally) stripped out of her top by Peter Parker.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Coming in out of the Rain	Chrissy
1996	From Dusk Till Dawn	Bar Owner
1997	Run Away Car	Lupe	Television film
1998	Shadow of a Doubt	Conchita Perez
1998	Paulie	Ruby, Lupe (voice)
1998	The Unknown Cyclist	Lola
1999	The Thirteenth Floor	Natasha's Roommate
2000	Nurse Betty	Rosa Hernandez
2000	Bait	Tika
2001	Thirteen Conversations About One Thing	Dorrie
2001	Glitter	Roxanne
2002	Crazy as Hell	Lupa
2002	Phone Booth	Asia
2003	Welcome to the Neighborhood	Stephanie
2004	Spartan	Jackie Black
2006	5up 2down	Maria
2006	The Line-Up	Angel Bereza	Television film
2008	Black Crescent Moon	Darla Rosepetal
2010	Firebreather	Isabel (voice)	Television film
2012	The Amazing Spider-Man	Sheila (Subway)
2014	Finding Hope Now	Mrs. Villanueva

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Land's End	Corina	Episode: "El Perico"
1996	Sisters	P.A.	Episode: "A Sudden Change of Heart"
1996	CBS Schoolbreak Special		Episode: "Crosstown"
1996	Malibu Shores	Kacey Martinez	10 episodes
1996	ER	Gloria Lopez	Episode: "Homeless for the Holidays"
1997	NYPD Blue	Wanda Diaz	Episode: "A Wrecking Experience"
1998	Ask Harriet	Maria Garcia	Episode: "Pilot"
1998	Fame L.A.	Tasha	Episode: "Green Eyed Monster"
1998	Brooklyn South	Sylvia	Episode: "Queens for a Day"
1999–2000	The Wild Thornberrys	Santusa (voice)	2 episodes
1999	Working	Female Rebel	Episode: "The Other Executive"
2000	Batman Beyond	Trina (voice)	Episode: "Payback"
2000, 2002–2004	Static Shock	Talon, Rita Velasquez (voice)	8 episodes
2001	As Told by Ginger	Villager #2 (voice)	Episode: "I Spy a Witch"
2001	The Mind of the Married Man	Missy's Roommate	Episode: "Wonderful News"
2002	The American Embassy	Marissa	Episode: "Pilot"
2002–2005	Third Watch	Sergeant Maria Cruz	47 episodes
2006–2007	The Unit	Marianna Ribera	2 episodes
2006, 2009	Handy Manny	Mrs. Alvarez (voice)	2 episodes
2007	CSI: Miami	Jane Duncroft	Episode: "Miami Confidential"
2008	Criminal Minds	Detective Tina Lopez	Episode: "In Heat"
2008	Everybody Hates Chris	Ms. Rivera	Episode: "Everybody Hates the English Teacher"
2010	Saving Grace		Episode: "Loose Men in Tight Jeans"
2010	Huge	Shay	6 episodes
2010	Chuck	Hortensia Goya	Episode: "Chuck Versus the Coup d'Etat"
2011	Ben 10: Ultimate Alien	Elena Validus (voice)	2 episodes
2011	In Plain Sight	Evita	Episode: "Something A-mish"
2014	Turbo FAST	Simone (voice)	Episode: "Mall Is Well/Taco Tank"

Video Games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	True Crime: New York City	Street Racing Promoter
2008	Speed Racer: The Videogame	Denise Mobile
2014	Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII	Additional Voices

External links

• Tia Texada at the Internet Movie Database